ICYMI: In New Survey, Trump Pollster Finds Broad Support for Extending ACA Premium Tax Credits, Consequences for GOP Majorities if Congress Refuses to Act

**Among other findings, survey reveals 73% of people are concerned about their health care premiums increasing next year, and 70% support extending the tax credits**
(Washington, DC) – In case you missed it: John McLaughlin—one of President Trump’s pollsters and advisors—released a new pollfinding that Americans are overwhelmingly concerned about health care premiums skyrocketing if Affordable Care Act (ACA) enhanced premium tax credits (EPTCs) expire at the end of the year. The poll, conducted across 16 GOP-held battleground districts, underscores how health care affordability is top of mind for working Americans who are concerned about the cost-of-living crisis.
Key Findings:
“The ACA Marketplace is open, and Americans who are already facing a cost-of-living crisis are seeing premium price hikes that are unaffordable,”said Senator Shaheen, author ofbicameral legislationthat would permanently extend the ACA enhanced premium tax credits.“These findings send a clear message: Working Americans are increasingly worried about the rising cost of health care and President Trump and Congressional Republicans will pay a price next year at the ballot box if they refuse to act.”
Shaheenis leading effortsin Congress to make health care more affordable through the preservation and extension of the enhanced premium tax credits. Through negotiations to reopen the government, Shaheen secured a guaranteed vote by mid-December on legislation to address skyrocketing health care costs. Shaheen’s first bill introduction this Congress was her landmarkHealth Care Affordability Act—bicameral legislation to permanently extend the tax credits for Marketplace coverage that lower health care costs for millions of Americans.
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